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pezus said:
oni-link said:
tbone51 said:
price cut? Its not doing good cuz of 3 reasons!

One its not known to the general public (the name doesn't help)
TWO no software is out, It sucks but its the truth!
THREE ps3 and Xbox360 have way cheaper price tag with a 7 year library! When next gen comes then talk, Only thing that needs a massive price cut is Vita


we have a winner ladies and gentlemen

 

btw VGC hella undertracked the Wii U as this was SOLD NUMBERS AT THE END OF 2012   with ~3.1 mil units compared to VGC's 2.5mil 01/19!!! That's a huge margin that needs to be corrected!!!!  http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/46284/wii-u-sales-3-million/ 


Srsly? Shipped. 'Nough said

LOL...it sounds like your pulling straws at making the Wii U look bad.(it isn't I'm sorry)  Despite the numbers I'm still happy it's not pulling Vita sales(as that is the system that needs a price cut or anything).  I just want to know why such a Sony fan would take so much time and effort on Nintendo boards than Sony boards?



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Cyborg13B said:
MARCUSDJACKSON said:
oni-link said:
MARCUSDJACKSON said:
yea it would be stupid to cut the price when ninty isn't making any money on them.


I know but with 2GB of RAM, a new ppc750 with GX and PWR7 hybrid, and e6760 I doubt that Nintendo is losing much; esp with the Deluxe model.


i also think they would sale enough software to cover it anyway.

You're both wrong.  Nintendo has been selling Wii U at over $100+ profit since launch, as given by these numbers:

http://www.neoseeker.com/news/18785-rumor-wii-u-parts-cost-around-180-will-retail-for-no-less-than-300/

The same applies for 3DS of course. 

Nintendo said theey make profit when a system is sold with a game, so i'm not wrong.



Sh1nn said:

The consensus among city analysts is that Nintendo needs to act fast to maintain sales momentum. A report on Business Week notes that a weak Yen is boosting the earnings outlook for the platform holder, but the analysts quoted in the piece weren’t quite so positive. “The result is worse than expected,” said Myojo Asset Management’s Makoto Kikuchi. “The company needs to do something to get out from a money-losing structure.

 

http://www.edge-online.com/news/calls-for-wii-u-price-cut-begin-after-nintendo-financials/

 


They're right - Nintendo Wii and Wii sales numbers are gradually lowering as a result of Sony's Playstation 3, and soon-to-come Playstation 4, which are taking its market share - instead of the other way around.  There's nothing that Nintendo can do at this point.  Playstation 4 is simply a better machine - that's why Nintendo is being phased out.  I recommend they leave the console harwdare business altogether.  A couple more games and price cuts, what the business analysts in the article suggest, are not going to fix the problem. 

Playstation 4's better features:

-x86-based processing, as opposed to Wii's PowerPC.  This makes porting games over to Playstation 4 from PC effortless. 

-General CPU performance which will be 13 times more powerful then Wii U's CPU. 

-The harware is free.  No profit is being made by Sony due to harware.  Thus the consumer gets a vastly better deal, over $100 more worth of hardware. 

-Built-in Blu-Ray player - Wii U doesn't have a built-in Blu-Ray player

-Massive, worldwide developer support, especially in Europe.  Wii U has virtually no European support.  Already Sony has developers in Finland, Germany, England, and even France working on PS4 games. 

 



MARCUSDJACKSON said:
Cyborg13B said:
MARCUSDJACKSON said:
oni-link said:
MARCUSDJACKSON said:
yea it would be stupid to cut the price when ninty isn't making any money on them.


I know but with 2GB of RAM, a new ppc750 with GX and PWR7 hybrid, and e6760 I doubt that Nintendo is losing much; esp with the Deluxe model.


i also think they would sale enough software to cover it anyway.

You're both wrong.  Nintendo has been selling Wii U at over $100+ profit since launch, as given by these numbers:

http://www.neoseeker.com/news/18785-rumor-wii-u-parts-cost-around-180-will-retail-for-no-less-than-300/

The same applies for 3DS of course. 

Nintendo said theey make profit when a system is sold with a game, so i'm not wrong.


and then they later said that wasnt completely accurate and it was more than just one game but would not specify how many.



oni-link said:
pezus said:
oni-link said:
tbone51 said:
price cut? Its not doing good cuz of 3 reasons!

One its not known to the general public (the name doesn't help)
TWO no software is out, It sucks but its the truth!
THREE ps3 and Xbox360 have way cheaper price tag with a 7 year library! When next gen comes then talk, Only thing that needs a massive price cut is Vita


we have a winner ladies and gentlemen

 

btw VGC hella undertracked the Wii U as this was SOLD NUMBERS AT THE END OF 2012   with ~3.1 mil units compared to VGC's 2.5mil 01/19!!! That's a huge margin that needs to be corrected!!!!  http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/46284/wii-u-sales-3-million/ 


Srsly? Shipped. 'Nough said

LOL...it sounds like your pulling straws at making the Wii U look bad.(it isn't I'm sorry)  Despite the numbers I'm still happy it's not pulling Vita sales(as that is the system that needs a price cut or anything).  I just want to know why such a Sony fan would take so much time and effort on Nintendo boards than Sony boards?


stop blindly following nintendo. These sales are not good. You may be happy but there is no reason for that. Nintendo certainly isn't happy with their sales hence the downward adjustment. They are only expecting .94 million shipments in the next 3 months which is the second busiest time of the year. Those numbers are awful already and they will probably miss those projections



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We'll definitely be seeing a price cut for the Wii U by the time fall rolls around if the 720 and /or PS4 are due to be launched at relatively similar prices (i.e. $350-$400 range).

Don't forget, M$ launched a version of the 360 for just $299 way back in 2005... they could conceivably do something similar with the 720 to make the console more affordable and appealing during the holidays. If they did that, Nintendo would be up the creek without a paddle.



On 2/24/13, MB1025 said:
You know I was always wondering why no one ever used the dollar sign for $ony, but then I realized they have no money so it would be pointless.

Max King of the Wild said:
MARCUSDJACKSON said:
Cyborg13B said:
MARCUSDJACKSON said:
oni-link said:
MARCUSDJACKSON said:
yea it would be stupid to cut the price when ninty isn't making any money on them.


I know but with 2GB of RAM, a new ppc750 with GX and PWR7 hybrid, and e6760 I doubt that Nintendo is losing much; esp with the Deluxe model.


i also think they would sale enough software to cover it anyway.

You're both wrong.  Nintendo has been selling Wii U at over $100+ profit since launch, as given by these numbers:

http://www.neoseeker.com/news/18785-rumor-wii-u-parts-cost-around-180-will-retail-for-no-less-than-300/

The same applies for 3DS of course. 

Nintendo said theey make profit when a system is sold with a game, so i'm not wrong.


and then they later said that wasnt completely accurate and it was more than just one game but would not specify how many.

god damn liars. well they are business men, so i guess lying is ok.



I'd be up for it if I get free games like I did with my 3DS.



MARCUSDJACKSON said:
Cyborg13B said:
MARCUSDJACKSON said:
oni-link said:
MARCUSDJACKSON said:
yea it would be stupid to cut the price when ninty isn't making any money on them.


I know but with 2GB of RAM, a new ppc750 with GX and PWR7 hybrid, and e6760 I doubt that Nintendo is losing much; esp with the Deluxe model.


i also think they would sale enough software to cover it anyway.

You're both wrong.  Nintendo has been selling Wii U at over $100+ profit since launch, as given by these numbers:

http://www.neoseeker.com/news/18785-rumor-wii-u-parts-cost-around-180-will-retail-for-no-less-than-300/

The same applies for 3DS of course. 

Nintendo said theey make profit when a system is sold with a game, so i'm not wrong.

But they were lying.  I believe those rumoured specifications - they look realistic.  No way Wii U costs $300+ to make, when the Playstation 3 costs $220 or so, and has far more expensive parts, including a hard-drive (which Wii U doesn't have).  Wii U only looks about as powerful as Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 - which is not powerful at all - but in a different zone.  A triple-core PowerPC 750 - dirt cheap.  2 GB of RAM clocked at 17 GB/s - dirt cheap.  Not a particularly powerful system.  32 MB of EDRAM - very cheap as well - basically just regular DRAM in price.  

 

 

 



Cyborg13B said:
MARCUSDJACKSON said:
Cyborg13B said:
MARCUSDJACKSON said:
oni-link said:
MARCUSDJACKSON said:
yea it would be stupid to cut the price when ninty isn't making any money on them.


I know but with 2GB of RAM, a new ppc750 with GX and PWR7 hybrid, and e6760 I doubt that Nintendo is losing much; esp with the Deluxe model.


i also think they would sale enough software to cover it anyway.

You're both wrong.  Nintendo has been selling Wii U at over $100+ profit since launch, as given by these numbers:

http://www.neoseeker.com/news/18785-rumor-wii-u-parts-cost-around-180-will-retail-for-no-less-than-300/

The same applies for 3DS of course. 

Nintendo said theey make profit when a system is sold with a game, so i'm not wrong.

But they were lying.  I believe those rumoured specifications - they look realistic.  No way Wii U costs $300+ to make, when the Playstation 3 costs $220 or so, and has far more expensive parts, including a hard-drive (which Wii U doesn't have).  Wii U only looks about as powerful as Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 - which is not powerful at all - but in a different zone.  A triple-core PowerPC 750 - dirt cheap.  2 GB of RAM clocked at 17 GB/s - dirt cheap.  Not a particularly powerful system.  32 MB of EDRAM - very cheap as well - basically just regular DRAM in price.  

 

god damn liars. well they are business men, so i guess lying is ok.